The 9th Annual Evening of Hope benefitting The Center for Family Safety and Healing to be held April 21, 2012

March 6, 2012

The event is hosted by Abigail and Leslie Wexner and the Bravo | Brio Restaurant Group, with generous support from premier sponsor the Easton Community Foundation. Thanks to the generosity of sponsors, 100 percent of the proceeds from Evening of Hope will benefit The Center for Family Safety and Healing.

Reservations for Evening of Hope are $150 per person. Guests may upgrade their reservations to include the “Sunset Start” for $250 per person which includes private access to the VIP Mix and Mingle with The Center’s Board of Trustees and other special guests one hour before the doors open. All reservations must be made in advance.

The Center for Family Safety and Healing is an innovative partnership between Nationwide Children’s Hospital and the Columbus Coalition Against Family Violence. The Center’s mission is to transform the way our community responds to family violence. The Center accomplishes this work through a multi-disciplinary team of professionals that provide assessment, long term treatment and support, research, prevention and advocacy. Housed in a facility on the campus of Nationwide Children’s Hospital, The Center is the first of its kind in the nation to fully integrate services for child abuse and family violence under one roof. For more information, visit www.NationwideChildrens.org/CCFA.

Easton Town Center was co-developed by The Georgetown Company and Steiner + Associates. Opened in June 1999, Easton is a $225 million, 1.5 million square-foot ‘New Urban Retail’ center that features pedestrian-friendly streetscapes, open-air gathering spaces, fountains and parks for children, in addition to over 160 best-of-class retail, entertainment and dining tenants. The International Council of Shopping Centers honored Easton with an Innovative Design Award in 2000. The development draws more than 30 million visits annually. For more information, visit www.eastontowncenter.com.

Bravo | Brio RestaurantGroup owners of Bravo Cucina Italiana, Brio Tuscan Grille and Bon Vie Bistro, operates 87 restaurants in over 20 states. All three concepts are open seven days a week for lunch and dinner and are positioned as “upscale-affordable”. The concepts appeal to a broad base of guests from business people and young professionals to families and empty nesters. For more information, visit www.bestitalianusa.com.

About Nationwide Children's Hospital

Named to the Top 10 Honor Roll on U.S. News & WorldReport ‘s 2018-19 list of “Best Children’s Hospitals,” Nationwide Children’s Hospital is one of America’s largest not-for-profit freestanding pediatric health care systems providing wellness, preventive, diagnostic, treatment and rehabilitative care for infants, children and adolescents, as well as adult patients with congenital disease. Nationwide Children’s has a staff of more than 13,000 providing state-of-the-art pediatric care during more than 1.4 million patient visits annually. As home to the Department of Pediatrics of The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Nationwide Children’s physicians train the next generation of pediatricians and pediatric specialists. The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital is one of the Top 10 National Institutes of Health-funded freestanding pediatric research facilities. More information is available at NationwideChildrens.org.